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Mountain View County council has authorized administration to extend the 2012 regional mutual aid agreement with neighbouring municipalities until September 2018. The move came during the recent regularly scheduled council meeting.

CARSTAIRS - Silver Willow Sporting Club collected over 300 toys as well as cash and gift cards at its recent annual Winter Classic Shoot.

Mountain View County (MVC) council has passed the 2018 project budget totalling $29,214,120. The move came by way of motion during the Dec. 13 council meeting.

The Mountain View County municipal planning commission has approved a development permit application for an existing equine-assisted learning and therapy business in the Harmattan neighbourhood.

When this country was riven by internal crisis a century ago at least it was indeed a matter of life and death. Today it's just a matter of beer, licence plates and how to greet shoppers at the corner store.

It doesn't get better than this for United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenny who topped his 17-month journey to the legislature with a commanding byelection victory in Calgary-Lougheed on Thursday.

Alberta's rural municipalities will be calling on the provincial government to provide local governments with a fair share of tax revenues coming from legalized cannabis.

CARSTAIRS - At the regular council meeting on Dec. 11, Kris Nelson of Urban Systems appeared as a delegation to talk about the application for subdivision of 108-10th Ave. "This is on the main street across from the legion," said CAO Carl McDonnell.

Mountain View County council has defeated a motion calling for the re-designation of a four-acre parcel at the Betchton Community Centre from institutional, educational and cultural district to country residential district.

DIDSBURY - It was a beautiful sunny day when the CP Holiday Train rolled into town on Dec. 7. It was a stark contrast from last year when temperatures plunged to nearly -30.